As the name implies, the Universal Stylus Initiative, or USI, is looking to make PC pen tech more “universal”. Our first experience the HP’s USI stylus that works with Chromebooks equipped with USI tech in the digitizer was, well, less-than-favorable. Because our pen was an early pre-production review unit, we’ve saved our final judgment on […]
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User manual for the ASUS Chromebook Flip C436 reveals magnetic USI pen holder
Though the release of the ASUS Chromebook Flip has been pushed back a bit from the initial listing we found over on Amazon, it is still one of the most anticipated Chromebook releases for 2020 and it is only a month away at this point. There’s little left to learn about this Chromebook aside from […]
Continue ReadingLenovo Chromebook Duet tablet hands-on and impressions from CES 2020 [VIDEO]
Lenovo brought an interesting device to CES 2020 in the form of a new 10.1-inch Chrome OS tablet. If I’m honest, my first inclination was to expect a sub-par, plastic, flimsy tablet with a mediocre screen and questionable performance. After all, Chromebook tablets have been pretty bad up to this point, choosing to cut nearly […]
Continue ReadingGoogle, Amazon, Apple and others will work together to sort out the smart home mess they’ve made
Standards in the tech industry can be a very, very tricky thing. We have standards that we see and interact with every single day and they make everything a lot better. Standard plug sizes, standard batteries, standard code for the web, etc. When companies can come to agreements around certain things they are OK with […]
Continue ReadingHP’s other USI-capable Chromebook is now available
USI (Universal Stylus Initiative) devices are most certainly an emerging tech. While there are some big-name players on board with the cross-device technology, finding computers the feature USI compatibility is still a tough task to take on. Getting your hands on an actual USI-capable stylus is even more difficult. The USI product showcase lists three […]
Continue ReadingUSI 1.0 versus USI 2.0: understanding the difference [VIDEO]
We get asked quite often about which pen works with which Chromebook when it comes to USI. And in some ways, that’s a bit of a bummer. When USI first emerged and started showing up for Chromebooks, I was so relieved that the days of searching for the “right pen” for any given device were […]
Continue ReadingThe Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 is USI 2.0: why that’s a good and a bad thing
In our early testing of the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3, we noticed our review unit didn’t seem to be playing nice with our array of USI pens. At first, I wondered if we had a bad unit, but after a few emails it became clear that something a bit more complex was going on. The […]
Continue ReadingHow to sign PDFs on a Chromebook without third party apps
It has happened to most of us more than once: You receive very important paperwork via email that you must sign, and then you are faced with the task of printing it out, signing it, scanning it, and then emailing it back. But what if you don’t have a printer? or simply don’t want to […]
Continue ReadingIntroducing the One by Wacom – the first fully compatible graphics tablet for Chromebooks
If you recall in my article titled ‘The artist’s guide to sketching and drawing on a Chromebook‘, I drove home the point that Wacom’s graphics tablets weren’t able to be used with Chromebooks due to their reliance on software drivers which were only compatible with Windows and macOS. Instead, artists would need to purchase a […]
Continue ReadingThe Chrome Cast 43: Chromebook invasion at CES 2020
This week, we’re excited to bring you a very special episode of The Chrome Cast from CES 2020 in Las Vegas. We had the chance to check out some incredible new products and we’ll be bringing you more CES news in the coming days but in this episode, it’s all about the Chromebooks. This year’s […]
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